Sees an imbalance in those 'entitlements'

2:05 PM,
Jul. 10, 2013

Written by

Don Keefauver, Hendersonville

According to Jim Hightower's "The Lowdown," (Vol. 16 #6), one third of all Americans are below the poverty level.The reasons are systemic. They have been cleverly built into the system, bit by bit, with laws passed and laws systematically violated to the advantage of the well-to do. The poorer we are, the more laborers there are and the less ability we will have to exercise any degree of power for better wages or benefits.Who among the poor can object and fight the system? When they object they are arrested and jailed, as we see in Raleigh recently.Our education system is designed ...